Aspire is the leading all-in-one finance operating system for growing businesses in APAC. We are on a mission to reinvent business finance for a new generation of entrepreneurs and business owners, empowering startups and MSME to realise their full potential.
Founded in 2018, Aspire has raised over USD 300M+ across equity and debt from world-class investors. In 2023, we successfully closed an oversubscribed USD 100 million Series C equity round led by Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Ventures with participation of Tencent, Paypal Ventures, LGT Capital Partners, Picus Capital and MassMutual Ventures. To power our solutions, we have partnered with some of the best companies in the world such as Visa and Wise and helped more than 50,000 businesses using our suite of products.
For 2 consecutive years in 2022 & 2023, Aspire has been awarded Best Employer of the Year and Startup of the year by Asia FinTech Awards, and also LinkedIn’s Top Startup in Singapore. In 2023, we also made it to CB Insights’ Top 100 Global Fintech List.
You will be amazed by the energy and experience of our team! Aspire serves as an environment for you to innovate and drive change with our team of ex-entrepreneurs, ex-founders, and high-achievers with international and diverse backgrounds.
Are you a top talent who is passionate about entrepreneurship? Join our rapidly growing team to make an impact in the fintech space!
About the Team:
Aspire is growing its business in multiple regions around the world which this role will help enable as a core member of the global strategy team. You’ll join a small but high-performing strategy team responsible for unlocking our growth opportunities. You will work on ways to lay pathways to fast-track license approvals and clear traditional regulatory hurdles to help expand our business into new markets.
About the Role
- All Rounder: Be an all-rounder who can be trusted to contribute to a variety of licensing related expansion projects to expand Aspire’s presence in multiple regions.
- Strategy: Help size, define and map new markets by conducting research on the licensing and regulatory landscape of new markets including competitor analysis.
- Project management: Work collaboratively with local and international cross-functional teams to drive our licensing plans related to our local go-to-market strategies.
- Process improvement: Adapt the Strategy Team’s existing processes and build new ones to help scale our licensing plans to work across multiple regions.
- Cross Functional Collaboration: Work closely with various functional teams including Ops, Legal, Finance, Product and Compliance as part of our global licensing machine.
Minimum Qualifications:
- A Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a business, management or related field
- 2 to 4 years of work experience, ideally in the fintech, payments, consulting, banking and/or financial services industries
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to build tools to digest complex data and generate actionable insights for management
Preferred Qualifications:
- Hands-on when needed to make things happen today instead of tomorrow, building things from scratch
- Able to work independently but also take direction from others regarding specific requirements
- Self-driven and take initiative all the time to help us build and expand our business globally
The annual US base salary range for this role is $50,000 - $90,000. This salary range may cover a number of levels at Aspire and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, performance in the interview process and final location.
What we offer
- Uncapped flexible annual leave.
- Hybrid work arrangement.
- Training subsidy for your professional growth.
- Wellness benefit.
- Team bonding budget to foster collaboration and sense of belonging.
- Flexibility to work from anywhere (for up to 90 days per annum).
- Culture is Key: We always strive to cultivate a special culture that brings special talents together - You can learn more about our culture on our careers site and LinkedIn Life page.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Aspire is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by applicable laws.
Please note: by submitting your application, you acknowledge that you have read and understood Aspire’s Data Protection Policy for Employees, Freelancers, Contractors and Job Applicants (the “Policy”), and consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal data by Aspire for the purposes set out in the Policy. You may withdraw consent for such collection, use and disclosure, and make an access or correction request in respect of your personal data, in accordance with the Policy by emailing [email protected].
What We Do
Aspire is the all-in-one finance software for growing businesses. The company serves over 15,000 startups and SMBs in Southeast Asia, helping them save time and money with multi-currency accounts and cards, expense management, payable management, and receivable management solutions - all in one account.
Headquartered in Singapore, Aspire has over 400 employees across four countries and is backed by global top tier VCs, including Sequoia, Lightspeed, and Y-Combinator.
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